With AEM 6 the persistence layer which is used to store content, configurations, and program code, is called a MicroKernel (MK). AEM 6 introduced a new MicroKernel and here's what you should know.

AEM 6 introduced a new MicroKernel (MongoMK) which allows the use of MongoDB as a repository. Further MicroKernels may be added along the line but are not fully confirmed yet. In this article we will be looking at a very basic local MongoDB setup.

A simple and local MongoDB with AEM

Requirements:

Linux or Mac

Java 7 (preferably JDK and possibly from Oracle so you can make full use of JMX)

An AEM 6 license

An AEM 6 crx-quickstart jar

The mongodb binaries (linked below)

Follow the steps below to get an AEM author (or publish) up and running using a local MongoDB